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Hot blue star

Its story

55 Arietis is a hot blue B-type star shining at more than a thousand light-years within the ram, the first zodiacal constellation by classical convention. Its surface comfortably exceeds ten thousand degrees, and its energetic light places it among the massive stars of short life and spectacular ending. It marks a cardinal point of the ancient vernal equinox, now shifted by precession toward Pisces.

Constellation: Aries
Apparent magnitude: 5.74
Distance: 1055.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 47.403° · Dec 29.077°
Catalogue: HIP 14677 · HD 19548

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